by mike | Sep 2, 2021 | Guilty Pleasures, Humor, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
Should’ve kept mine, probably worth a fortune. This post first ran in 2017. The unique 2004 science fiction-adventure film, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, has a definite 1930s-’40s feel about it. In a way it pays homage to old luminaries such as Flash Gordon...
by mike | Aug 30, 2021 | Blowing Shit Up, California, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movie Lines, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Recently, while watching the Gerard Butler-fueled disaster film, Greenland, it occurred to me that a lot of couples with troubled marriages/relationships have been brought together by their harrowing experiences in movies of this genre. Weird. Here are just a few...
by mike | Aug 26, 2021 | Books, Films About Writers, Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Psychological Thrillers, Uncategorized |
The 1993 horror film, The Dark Half, is an adaptation of Stephen King’s 1989 novel of the same name. His main character, Thad Beaumont, is a bestselling novelist—what else? Writers love to write about other writers, and King leads the league in that category. I should...
by mike | Aug 19, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Paranormal, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last week, Iowa. This week, The Bronx. I first presented this post in 2017. The 2014 supernatural horror movie, Deliver Us from Evil, is “inspired by” the actual experiences of a New York City cop named Ralph Sarchie. I like to think that “inspired by” gives the...
by mike | Aug 16, 2021 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
“Three years ago at dusk on a spring evening, when the sky was a robin’s-egg blue and the wind as soft as a day-old chick, I was sitting on the veranda of my farm home in eastern Iowa when a voice very clearly said to me, ‘If you build it, he will come.’” Those words...
by mike | Aug 12, 2021 | Horror, Horror Movies, Movies, Uncategorized |
This field in Iowa is not about dreams…it’s about nightmares. I first presented this post in 2017. The Hawkeye state, birthplace of my bride, isn’t usually in the forefront when it comes to horror movies. But in The Crazies (2010), a remake of George Romero’s 1973...
